The Resource Democracy declassified : the secrecy dilemma in national security, Michael P. Colaresi
Democracy declassified : the secrecy dilemma in national security, Michael P. Colaresi
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- Summary
- "Recent scandals like WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden's disclosure of NSA documents have brought public debates over government accountability and secrecy bubbling to the surface. How can modern democracies balance the need for privacy in delicate foreign policy matters with the necessity of openness in gaining and maintaining the trust of citizens? Democracies keep secrets from potential enemies and their citizens. This simple fact challenges the surprisingly prevalent assumption that foreign policy successes and failures can be attributed to public transparency and accountability. In fact, the ability to keep secrets has aided democratic victories from the European and Pacific theaters in World War II to the global competition of the Cold War. At the same time, executive discretion over the capacity to classify information created the opportunity for abuse that contributed to Watergate, as well as domestic spying and repression in France, Norway, and Canada over the past forty years. Therefore, democracies face a secrecy dilemma. Secrecy is useful, but once a group or person has the ability to decide what information is concealed from a rival, citizens can no longer monitor that information. How then can the public be assured that national security policies are not promoting hidden corruption or incompetence? As Democracy Declassified shows, it is indeed possible for democracies to keep secrets while also maintaining useful national security oversight institutions that can deter abuse and reassure the public. Understanding secrecy and oversight in democracies helps us explain not only why the Maginot Line rose and the French Republic fell, or how the US stumbled but eventually won the Cold War, but more generally how democracies can benefit from both public consent and necessary national security secrets. At a time when ubiquitous debates over the issue of institutional accountability and transparency have reached a fever pitch, Democracy Declassified provides a grounded and important view on the connection between the role of secrecy in democratic governance and foreign policymaking."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 379 pages
- Contents
-
- Theories of democratic transparency and foreign policy success
- Not so exceptional : the theory, uses, and reality of national security secrecy in democracies
- The potential abuses of national security secrecy
- The consequences of potential abuse for public consent
- Solving the secrecy dilemma
- The consequences of national security oversight in democracies
- A view of national security oversight institutions
- Revealing evidence : support, spending and success
- Conclusion
- Implications and innovations
- Apendices: formal models, data and statistical result
- Isbn
- 9780199389773
- Label
- Democracy declassified : the secrecy dilemma in national security
- Title
- Democracy declassified
- Title remainder
- the secrecy dilemma in national security
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael P. Colaresi
- Subject
-
- Democracy
- Democracy
- Demokratie
- Government accountability
- Government accountability
- Government information
- Government information
- Informationspolitik
- Innere Sicherheit
- Internal security
- Außenpolitik
- National security
- National security
- Official secrets
- Official secrets
- Politique de l'information
- Responsabilité de l'Etat
- Security classification (Government documents)
- Security classification (Government documents)
- Staatsgeheimnis
- Sécurité publique
- Internal security
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Recent scandals like WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden's disclosure of NSA documents have brought public debates over government accountability and secrecy bubbling to the surface. How can modern democracies balance the need for privacy in delicate foreign policy matters with the necessity of openness in gaining and maintaining the trust of citizens? Democracies keep secrets from potential enemies and their citizens. This simple fact challenges the surprisingly prevalent assumption that foreign policy successes and failures can be attributed to public transparency and accountability. In fact, the ability to keep secrets has aided democratic victories from the European and Pacific theaters in World War II to the global competition of the Cold War. At the same time, executive discretion over the capacity to classify information created the opportunity for abuse that contributed to Watergate, as well as domestic spying and repression in France, Norway, and Canada over the past forty years. Therefore, democracies face a secrecy dilemma. Secrecy is useful, but once a group or person has the ability to decide what information is concealed from a rival, citizens can no longer monitor that information. How then can the public be assured that national security policies are not promoting hidden corruption or incompetence? As Democracy Declassified shows, it is indeed possible for democracies to keep secrets while also maintaining useful national security oversight institutions that can deter abuse and reassure the public. Understanding secrecy and oversight in democracies helps us explain not only why the Maginot Line rose and the French Republic fell, or how the US stumbled but eventually won the Cold War, but more generally how democracies can benefit from both public consent and necessary national security secrets. At a time when ubiquitous debates over the issue of institutional accountability and transparency have reached a fever pitch, Democracy Declassified provides a grounded and important view on the connection between the role of secrecy in democratic governance and foreign policymaking."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1976-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Colaresi, Michael P.
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- JF1525.S4
- LC item number
- C64 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Official secrets
- Government information
- Security classification (Government documents)
- Democracy
- National security
- Internal security
- Government accountability
- Responsabilité de l'Etat
- Politique de l'information
- Sécurité publique
- Democracy
- Government accountability
- Government information
- Internal security
- National security
- Official secrets
- Security classification (Government documents)
- Demokratie
- Innere Sicherheit
- Staatsgeheimnis
- Außenpolitik
- Informationspolitik
- Label
- Democracy declassified : the secrecy dilemma in national security, Michael P. Colaresi
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-351) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Theories of democratic transparency and foreign policy success -- Not so exceptional : the theory, uses, and reality of national security secrecy in democracies -- The potential abuses of national security secrecy -- The consequences of potential abuse for public consent -- Solving the secrecy dilemma -- The consequences of national security oversight in democracies -- A view of national security oversight institutions -- Revealing evidence : support, spending and success -- Conclusion -- Implications and innovations -- Apendices: formal models, data and statistical result
- Control code
- 881385882
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xi, 379 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199389773
- Lccn
- 2014004960
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)881385882
- Label
- Democracy declassified : the secrecy dilemma in national security, Michael P. Colaresi
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-351) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Theories of democratic transparency and foreign policy success -- Not so exceptional : the theory, uses, and reality of national security secrecy in democracies -- The potential abuses of national security secrecy -- The consequences of potential abuse for public consent -- Solving the secrecy dilemma -- The consequences of national security oversight in democracies -- A view of national security oversight institutions -- Revealing evidence : support, spending and success -- Conclusion -- Implications and innovations -- Apendices: formal models, data and statistical result
- Control code
- 881385882
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xi, 379 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199389773
- Lccn
- 2014004960
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)881385882
Subject
- Democracy
- Democracy
- Demokratie
- Government accountability
- Government accountability
- Government information
- Government information
- Informationspolitik
- Innere Sicherheit
- Internal security
- Außenpolitik
- National security
- National security
- Official secrets
- Official secrets
- Politique de l'information
- Responsabilité de l'Etat
- Security classification (Government documents)
- Security classification (Government documents)
- Staatsgeheimnis
- Sécurité publique
- Internal security
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